Two Labour MPs have written to junior home affairs minister Ank Bijleveld asking her to postpone the local elections to later in the year because it is too cold to campaig, the Telegraaf reports.

The paper says MPs Pierre Heijnen and Paul Kalma wrote to the minister asking for future local elections to be postponed to a warmer month.
The local elections traditionally take place in March and the MPs also asked the minister to commission research into the likely effect of a switch on voting behaviour.
Labour’s youth wing described the MPs request as stupid. ‘As far as we are concerned, they can go and campaign among Dutch holiday makers in Benidorm,’ said youth wing chairman Mohammed Mohandis. ‘We’ve got the tickets ready and the return flight is March 4.’ The local elections take place on March 3.
The Socialist Party has offered Labour campaigners 500 hats to help them cope with the cold.